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George Zimmerman jurors to hear more from lead investigator Chris Serino

The lead investigator who interrogated George Zimmerman the night after Trayvon Martin was killed will be back on the stand Tuesday morning.

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Updated: 5:46 AM EDT Jul 2, 2013

George Zimmerman jurors to hear more from lead investigator Chris Serino

The lead investigator who interrogated George Zimmerman the night after Trayvon Martin was killed will be back on the stand Tuesday morning.

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WEBVTT EASTBOUND COMING TOWARD YOU. THANK YOU. THIS MORNING IN THE STATE VERSUS GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WE WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM THE LEAD INVESTIGATORS WHO INTERROGATED GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AFTER TRAYVON MARTIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THE SECOND WEEK OF TESTIMONY BEGAN AND THE JURY HEARD GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IN HIS OWN WORDS. THE PROSECUTION PLAYED AWED YES VIDEOS OF HIM DETAILS HIS SELF-DEFENSE ARGUMENT TO OFFER OFFICERS. HE REVEALED RAY TRAY'S LAST WORDS AND WE SAW HOW INVESTIGATORS CHALLENGED HIS STORY. WE ARE LIVE THIS MORNING TO BREAKDOWN THE TESTIMONY. STEWART? Reporter: HE OBVIOUSLY WEPT THROUGH THE DIFFICULT INTERROGATIONS THAT HE GAVE TO GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, ONE THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING AND A VAT ONE WHEN THEY ASKED HIM MORE QUESTIONS AFTER THEY HEARD THE 911 CALLS. STATE TRIED TO PROVE THE FACT THAT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS, I MEAN THE INVESTIGATORS WERE SKEPTICAL OF HIS STORY. HE CAME UP TO ME AND I, AND HE SAID DID YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, AND I SAID NO. HE SAID YOU HAVE A PROBLEM NOW AND HE PUNCHED ME. Reporter: ON THE STAND TWO INVESTIGATORS WHO QUESTIONED BM WHY HE FOLLOWED TRAY VON AND WHY HE NEVER TOLD HIM HE WAS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. ON THE VIDEO AN AUDIO RECORDING HE TELLS THE COPS HE WAS SCARED AND DENOT SAY ANYTHING TO THE UNARMED TEEN. POLICE SEEMED SKEPTICAL OF THAT TRUTH POINTING OUT HE GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND USED HIS OWN ALLEGED VOLUNTEER WORK AND ANNOUNCING HIMSELF SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. SPECIFICALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN, WHY IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO HIM TO TRY AND SAY SOMETHING. AND EVEN AT ONE POINTS THEY PLAYED AN AUDIO CLIP WHERE HE SAID HE WAS NOT FOLLOWING THE TEEN AND JUST WALKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THE INVESTIGATOR LAUGHED AND SAID THAT IS THE SAME THING. HE WILL BE BACK ON THE STAND AND MARK O'MARA WILL CONTINUE HIS CROSS AND THE MAIN QUESTION IS OUT THERE WHETHER GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WILL STAY THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE AND WHETHER

George Zimmerman jurors to hear more from lead investigator Chris Serino

The lead investigator who interrogated George Zimmerman the night after Trayvon Martin was killed will be back on the stand Tuesday morning.